Christmas Carols in Craigieburn 2011

Posted on December 10, 2011 by admin

Craigieburn will play host to this year’s Hume Carols by Candlelight on December 18th.

Located at the Highgate Recreation reserve, and hosted by television celebrty Tim Cambell, this family friendly event will draw a crowd of thousands.

The event will feature Performing Art’s dancers, singers, school choirs, and a visit from Humphrey B Bear and Santa Clause. Foodstalls and kids activities will also be available.

The night starts at 7:00PM and will close with a fireworks display at 9:30PM. The Highgate Reserve is located at 229 Grand Boulevard, Craigieburn (Map Link)

The Carols event is an alcohol free event, and it is recommended families take a picnic blanket.

For more information, see the Hume website.

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Dominos and Ray’s Patisserie join Highlands Shopping Centre

Posted on December 9, 2011 by admin

Ray’s Patisserie opened Thursday this week at the new Highlands Shopping Centre, following on from Domino’s Pizza opening last week, and joining the long list of stores at the new centre.

Degani cafe is still under completion, and a nail salon is also on the way, sure to draw a crowd all week long.

Subway, which is located next to Domino’s on the exterior appears to be nearing completion, although we would be surprised if we see Nandos completed by the end of the year.

We’ll keep you posted with updates as they come.

 

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Highlands Shopping Centre Opens Today

Posted on November 17, 2011 by admin

The new Highlands Shopping Centre is Open Today!

Many stores will be still vacant or in the process of completing in the meantime, but we can reveal the Centre will also be home to:
- Degani Cafe
- Subway
- Nandos
- The Reject Shop

in addition to those announced in our previous posts.

We’ll be heading down to the centre this afternoon to give our thoughts.

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Town Centre to Begin December 2011

Posted on November 14, 2011 by admin

Craigieburn residents are receiving an early Christmas present this year, with news that the Craigieburn Town Centre, developed by Delfin/LendLease is scheduled to being construction this year.

The Hume Leader reports that the planning permit for the new development is being finalised, and the head of retail development for Lendlease, Gary Horwitz has said that stage one planning would begin next month (December 2011), subject to approval.

The town centre is a joint project headed up by Lendlease and Hume City council.

The Centre, which is expected to cost $300 million, will be located on Craigieburn road, on a 65 hectate site, and is expected to be home of two major supermarkets, two major retailers, and will feature many specialty stores, a food court, entertainment facilities and more.

The report from the Hume Leader does not have any on-record comments from Council or Lendlease to confirm if the originally anticipated completion date of 2013 is still viable, but nonetheless, this is still welcome news.

The opening of the Highlands Shopping Centre by Stockland this week should appease our needs for Grocery and boutique retail shopping in the meantime until the Town Centre is opened.

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Highlands Shopping Centre – Stores and Trading Hours

Posted on November 10, 2011 by admin

We announced yesterday that the Highlands Shopping Centre will be opening on November 17th.

We have now found out that the following 8 stores will be opening in the new centre before Christmas:

  • Ray’s Patisserie
  • The Reject Shop
  • Pretty’s Fine Meats
  • Pharmacy Select
  • Telstra
  • Dominos Pizza
  • Jetts Gym
  • and a medical centre

This is a great mix of stores, and we can’t wait to see what the remaining shops will fill in the remainder of the 22 spaces available.

The Centre’s operating hours are:

  • Monday to Wednesday: 9.00am to 5.30pm
  • Thursday to Friday: 9.00am to 9.00pm
  • Saturday: 9.00am to 5.00pm
  • Sunday: 10.00am to 4.00pm

We’re less than one week away November 17th, and we’re sure the whole community is very keen to see the grand opening.

For more information, see the Stockland media release.

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Highlands Shopping Centre Opening November 17th

Posted on November 9, 2011 by admin

On Thursday 17th November, after years of waiting, and after several delays, the residents of Craigieburn will collectively breathe a huge sigh of relief as the new Highlands Shopping Centre is opened.

The Stockland sign at the main entrance to Craigieburn on Grand Boulevard has set the date in cement, announcing the centre will be opened on the 17th, which is sure to create excitement in the community.

Passing the new centre on Aitken Boulevard reveals most exterior works are complete, including landscape and most of the building facade is finished. It seems the Woolworths fit out is complete, and several surrounding stores are undergoing fitout now. Our hope is though, that the recent spate of bad weather hasn’t thrown a spanner in the works.

Not only will the centre present us with a much needed retail presence to do our shopping, but it is also stimulating jobs in the Craigieburn area, with jobs posted online for Woolworths already, and many more to come.

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Huge increase in visits

Posted on November 4, 2011 by admin

We just reviewed our site data from October, and the number of visits to the Craigieburn.net website has soared to almost 1,500 for the month, the first time we’ve exceeded 1,000.

We’re extremely pleased to be attracting so many new visitors to our site, and we’re proud to be the place locals turn to.

There is so much happening in the community at the moment, and sometimes finding information is hard and not knowing can be frustrating.

We will continue pursuing our goal to deliver quality news and updates about Craigieburn, and be your number 1 source of information for all things Craigieburn.

We hope you come back again and again for your latest Craigieburn fix, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get updates in your social media stream.

Thanks for visiting.

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Highland Fish and Chip Shop Opens

Posted on November 3, 2011 by admin

This weeks marks the opening of a new Fish & Chippery in Craigieburn on Wateview Boulevard.

The “Fish n Chips” shop located next to the new Highlands Cafe is a welcome edition to the area, and will be serving delicious take-out foods from Monday through to Saturday.

Contact Details:
Address: 250 Waterview Blv, Craigieburn
Phone: 9303 8664

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Aston Land Sales Office Now Open

Posted on October 22, 2011 by admin

The Aston Land Sales Office was scheduled to open last Saturday 15th October, however the site appears to be in it’s finishing stages this week with a lot of signage going up on Craigieburn Road as well as Mickleham road.

Aston is just one of the many new estates opening in Craigieburn, developed by Peet, with land available from $190,000, and house and land packages beginning at $309,000.

Visit Aston Craigieburn website for more details.

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NBN coming to Highlands 2011

Posted on October 20, 2011 by admin

The future of broadband in Australia is set to arrive in Craigieburn sooner than expected.

The NBN Co today announced that Highlands Craigieburn is one of the first commercial green-field estates to receive Fibre Technology being installed as part of the Federal Government’s National Broadband Network rollout.

There are four Craigieburn releases, with two scheduled for completion in December this year, with a further two releases with unspecified dates. A total of 118 premises are expected to be connected.

It is not known if the install is to established estates, or only those new estates currently in development, however this is great news for anyone building or planning to build in the Highlands estate.

The NBN will deliver phone services, pay-TV services, telephony, and broadband internet over a Fibre optic cable, with download speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. That is more than 4 times faster than the maximum-attainable speeds of ADSL2+, which only the very lucky few are everable to acheive.

This is just one of the many great features offered to residents in the new Craigieburn estates.

The release information was released on the NBN Website today. The information is likely only to be deciphered Telcos, but we’ll try to ascertain which areas will be fortunate enough to get access to this future technology.

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